Nicholas Churton was stabbed and beaten to death by the same man who tried to rob him after police told him to investigate his crime

But when Mr Churton called the police officers mistakenly logged his ordeal as theft rather than more serious robbery.

A probe by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has today found that two officers have cases to answer for their actions in the days leading up to Mr Churton's death at his home in Wrexham, North Wales.

A police officer returned Mr Churton's first call reporting the crime on March 14 2017 to take further details — but wrongly recorded the hammer robbery as theft.

Investigators have said this "may have influenced the level of threat and the risk assessment made".

The IOPC has said the actions of two North Wales Police officers means they have a case to answer

The force has agreed to review its policies and procedures and will be investigating the officers involved.

Det Supt Dan Tipton of North Wales Police said: “I recognise that this is a difficult time for Mr Churton’s family and I know how important it is for the family to fully understand the circumstances leading up to his tragic death.

“Since Mr Churton’s murder we have reviewed our policies and procedures in relation to risk assessment following calls made to our control room and the deployment of officers.

“ We will now be holding a number of formal disciplinary proceedings in line with the IOPC recommendations.”

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Wrexham MP Ian Lucas told the Daily Post: "I think this shows it was a broken criminal justice system that led to this murder. We need a system in place that works.

"Let us be in no doubt Jordan Davidson was to blame for this but there were failings in communication between the police and the probation that led to mistakes being made.

"There are now two police and one probation investigations connected to this and we still don't know the full picture after 18 months."

A second IOPC investigation into North Wales Police's contact with Davidson following his release from prison on licence in December 2016 remains ongoing.

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